DSpace at PAC UniversityThe DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material.http://dspace.pacuniversity.ac.ke:8080/xmlui2024-03-28T18:34:54Z2024-03-28T18:34:54ZAgricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa Capacity, Enabling Environment and Applications in Crops, Livestock, Forestry and AquacultureRege, John Edward Otieno and Sones, Keithhttp://dspace.pacuniversity.ac.ke:8080/123456789/35522022-07-14T14:19:37Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZAgricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa Capacity, Enabling Environment and Applications in Crops, Livestock, Forestry and Aquaculture
Rege, John Edward Otieno and Sones, Keith
Sub-Saharan African countries were categorized with regard to their capacity for agricultural biotechnology research and application, including human capacities,
i nstitutions and facilities, operational budgets and existence of facilitating networks. For the crop and livestock sectors combined, no countries were categorized as having ‘very high’ capacity; only South Africa was categorized
as ‘high’; and three countries, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria, were categorized as
‘medium’. All other SSA countries were categorized as having ‘low’ or ‘very
low’ capacity. Capacity was generally higher for crops than for livestock. For the
crop sector, South Africa was categorized as ‘very high’; Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe as ‘high’; and
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali,
Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Eswatini and Zambia as ‘medium’
capacity. For livestock, South Africa was ‘high’ and Kenya and Nigeria ‘medium’. Strong links to international partners, such as hosting a CGIAR centre, tended to be associated with higher capacity.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZLeadership Strategy and Organizational Outcomes: A Review of LiteratureObabu, Musahttp://dspace.pacuniversity.ac.ke:8080/123456789/38172023-11-30T10:02:44Z2022-04-01T00:00:00ZLeadership Strategy and Organizational Outcomes: A Review of Literature
Obabu, Musa
This paper is research on leadership strategy and specifically scrutinizing the reasons why most organizations fail to successfully implement their strategic plans. To guarantee a successful organizational outcome, it is important to trace the paths others have walked, those who have succeeded as well as those that have not. And more important during this era and age of technology, could there be something new a leader needs to consider? Several literatures are on strategic leadership, but only very few looks at a strategy execution—leadership strategy. Leadership definition has been evolving, the need to a new approach to strategy implementation is therefore inevitable. A leader must therefore keenly take into consideration the different working environment that follows the dictates of modernism. Services like procurement, recruitment, performance evaluation are technologically driven in this age and era. Following these realities, a review of existing materials points to a new way of leadership strategy, one that seems to incline so much towards modern technology. It is evident that modern technology largely has a huge space in determining organizational outcomes. Leadership strategies are it for a new business or an existing one, for a large organization or small must therefore take into consideration these realities. This literature review has picked on critical aspects of what a leader does to plan and successfully execute the plan. While it could be considered as a new norm, the fact though is that using technology is age long only that the modern types are new inventions that have taken the centerstage. The COVID-19 pandemic has also not only brought about so much pain but has completely changed the way things are done. In a world where “lock-down”, working from home and social distances seem to be the order of the day, a leader must therefore have new innovative ideas. As William Pollard once said, “Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” (Sinquefield, 2013)
2022-04-01T00:00:00ZStudents Perceptions of the Quality of Supervision in Proposal and Dissertation Development Process: A Case of Postgraduate Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Kenyan Universities, KenyaKinuthia, JaneGithui, Perminushttp://dspace.pacuniversity.ac.ke:8080/123456789/38162023-11-24T13:11:39Z2023-11-24T00:00:00ZStudents Perceptions of the Quality of Supervision in Proposal and Dissertation Development Process: A Case of Postgraduate Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Kenyan Universities, Kenya
Kinuthia, Jane; Githui, Perminus
Effective supervision is a critical component in postgraduate studies, particularly in the development of research proposals and dissertations. The supervision process involves the provision of guidance, direction, and support to students as they undertake their research projects. Studies have shown that the effectiveness of supervision techniques can have a significant impact on the quality of postgraduate research projects. However, there is limited research on students'
perceptions of the effectiveness of supervision techniques, particularly in the context of Kenyan universities. This study explored students' perceptions of the effectiveness of supervision techniques in proposal and dissertation development, specifically in the humanities and social sciences disciplines in Kenyan universities. The findings of the study provide insights into the types of supervision techniques that postgraduate students perceive to be effective and how these techniques influence their research progress and outcomes. Additionally, the study identified opportunities for improving the effectiveness of supervision in the context of Kenyan universities
2023-11-24T00:00:00ZInterdisciplinary Practices in Academia by Buckingham, Writing ,Teaching and AssessmentKinuthia, Janehttp://dspace.pacuniversity.ac.ke:8080/123456789/38152023-11-24T13:00:26Z2023-11-24T00:00:00ZInterdisciplinary Practices in Academia by Buckingham, Writing ,Teaching and Assessment
Kinuthia, Jane
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